What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.

What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.

The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.

History, as it lies at the root of all science, is also the first
distinct product of man's spiritual read more

History, as it lies at the root of all science, is also the first
distinct product of man's spiritual nature; his earliest
expression of what can be called Thought.

History is fond of her grandchildren, for it offers them the marrow of the bones, which the previous generation had read more

History is fond of her grandchildren, for it offers them the marrow of the bones, which the previous generation had hurt its hands in breaking.

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.

Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.